As a snippet without a reference nor even a reference to an actual time or place, this seems suspiciously like a hoax somebody made up for some e-mail spam chain.

And even if the quote actually happened, obviously Peres there didn't believe it to be true.

Personally, I think that while the Jews do have disproportionate influence in politics, they don't "control" the US. And even if AIPAC didn't exist and Jews weren't overrepresented in media, I don't know that US would have substantially different middle east policies.

Most of our alliegences and trouble over in that corner of the world occured because of the cold war and started prior to our being friends with Israel.

That said I do think we ought to start putting much more serious pressure on Israel when negotiating the situation with the Palestinians.

As a snippet without a reference nor even a reference to an actual time or place, this seems suspiciously like a hoax somebody made up for some e-mail spam chain.

And even if the quote actually happened, obviously Peres there didn't believe it to be true.

Personally, I think that while the Jews do have disproportionate influence in politics, they don't "control" the US. And even if AIPAC didn't exist and Jews weren't overrepresented in media, I don't know that US would have substantially different middle east policies.

Most of our alliegences and trouble over in that corner of the world occured because of the cold war and started prior to our being friends with Israel.

That said I do think we ought to start putting much more serious pressure on Israel when negotiating the situation with the Palestinians.

The real harm is to our children. As long as we remain suspicious of the wrong people, predators will continue to have free reign to abuse innocent children. If they remain free from scrutiny because everyone else is focusing on gays and lesbians, more young lives will continue to be shattered and more parents will suffer the agonizing heartache of learning that they trusted someone who destroyed their child’s future.